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Bonnie: 4/01- 8/30/09

I guess I always wondered what it would be like someday when we lost one of our cats. Bonnie and Clyde came to us on a hot July day in 2001 as small, playful kittens. They were a pair...on the run from who knows where....thus, their names.This View Post

Southern Living Mama Blogger of the Week

Just wanted to send out a huge thank you to Southern Living for naming me Mama Blogger of the Week. If you're visiting for the first time, thanks for stopping by! View Post

The Necklace

My son's teacher keeps a "treasure chest" full of inexpensive trinkets in the classroom that the children are allowed to dip into once a week for good behavior. E.B. had a stellar day this past Tuesday and was allowed to choose two items from the View Post

Yoga Kitty

Sometimes I catch our cats doing the strangest things. I have no explanation for this other than it looks like Clyde is doing kitty yoga. View Post

Six Tools to Relieve Your Child’s "Back-to-School-itis"

Perhaps your children have already started back to school, but for those still preparing for the big day to arrive, Charlotte Reznick, PhD, has come up with six creative ways to help you help your child ease their fears and anxieties about the View Post

Household Forecast

This is Mommy Cracked reporting to you live from the Cracked House where conditions are rapidly deteriorating. A dust storm has settled over the entire house and the emergency Pledge Dusting team has been called in for reinforcements. A bystander View Post

Baby Safe Travel

The first time we traveled with our son, looking back, was almost comical. We had to take the Pack 'n Play, crib sheets, the stroller, and a partridge in a pear tree. We were only gone one night and many of the things we thought we had to take were View Post

Kroger Mega Savings Event Giveaway

The big Kroger Mega Savings Event is currently underway now through September 2nd and courtesy of General Mills and Pepsico, I was given a $30 Kroger Family of Stores Gift Card to see just how much I could save on my groceries. I do all of my weekly View Post

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